TRUFAMANIA
Welcome to Trufamania, a website devoted to truffles: their culinary uses, edible species and fascinating world. In addition to general information, you will find detailed species accounts of the main European species and of some recently described species.
Trufamania is now an informational website
Our years of selling fresh truffles have come to an end. We are keeping these pages as an archive of photographs, recipes, species descriptions and field memories, so that they may continue to be useful to anyone wishing to discover the world of truffles.
Fascinated by truffles, we wanted to share some of their mysteries. Although they were already highly prized in Antiquity, they remain largely unknown. They grow hidden underground, often in poor, calcareous and stony soils, in association with the roots of certain trees. Finding them requires properly trained dogs. Some, such as the black winter truffle, Tuber melanosporum, have long been regarded as true diamonds of the kitchen.
A freshly found black truffle with the help of our truffle dogs.
Main contents
Truffles
What truffles are, how they grow, why they are so highly prized and which are the main edible species.
Gastronomy
Advice on storing, cleaning and using truffles in the kitchen, to make the most of their aroma.
Desert truffles
Terfezias and other truffles from arid regions, of great interest from both a cultural and a gastronomic standpoint.
False truffles
Hypogeous fungi and species resembling true truffles, with photographs and explanations to help tell them apart.
Videos and stories
Memories, videos and short stories related to truffle hunting, truffle culture and our experience in the field.
Species accounts
Detailed information on the main European truffle species, desert truffles and other hypogeous fungi, with photographs and morphological data. Includes species first described by Trufamania and published in international scientific journals.
New species described
Antonio Rodríguez has collaborated, together with the Mycology-Mycorrhizas-Plant Biotechnology Research Group at the University of Murcia, in the scientific description of 21 new species of hypogeous fungi (Tuber, Terfezia, Tirmania and Eremiomyces), published in peer-reviewed and indexed international scientific journals such as Persoonia, Phytotaxa and Mycotaxon. As first author he has described Tuber alcaracense, Tuber buendiae, Tuber lusitanicum, Tuber zambonelliae, Tuber suaveolens, Tuber davidlopezii, Tuber mohedanoi, Eremiomyces innocentii, Terfezia dunensis, Terfezia cistophila and Terfezia albida.
An open archive on truffles
Trufamania stands as a record of years of searching, learning, photography, cooking and outreach. We hope it will continue to be useful to enthusiasts, cooks, naturalists and first-time visitors stepping into this hidden world.
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Encarna Buendía trufamania@gmail.com |
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Antonio Rodríguez trufamania@gmail.com ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0708-7773 |